Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of preventing someone from doing something by legal means: "Debarment" refers to the formal, often legal, action of barring or excluding an individual from a specific right, privilege, position, or activity.
   • The state of being officially excluded: It also describes the condition of having been barred from enjoying certain possessions, rights, or practices.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The court ordered his debarment from practicing law due to professional misconduct.
  • Her debarment from the competition was a result of violating the rules.
  • The debarment of the company from bidding on government contracts lasted for five years.

Advanced Usage

• "Debarment from office": The act or state of being legally prevented from holding a public or professional position.

  • The senator faced debarment from office following the corruption scandal.

• "Contractual debarment": Exclusion from participating in contracts, often with a government entity, as a penalty.

  • The fraud investigation led to the firm's contractual debarment.

Variants and Related Words

• Debar (verb): To exclude or bar someone officially from a place, right, or privilege.
  • The judge can debar an attorney from the courtroom for disruptive behavior.

Synonyms

• Exclusion: The process of keeping someone out.
• Disqualification: The act of being declared ineligible.
• Suspension: Temporary removal from a privilege or position.
• Prohibition: The action of forbidding something.

Antonyms

• Admission: The process of allowing entry or acceptance.
• Inclusion: The action of including someone or something.
• Qualification: The action of becoming eligible.

Related Phrases

• "Subject to debarment": Liable to be officially excluded.

  • Companies found guilty of bid-rigging are subject to debarment.

• "Lift a debarment": To officially remove an exclusion.

  • The board voted to lift the debarment after the individual completed an ethics course.

Noun

1. the act of prevention by legal means
   • they achieved his debarment from holding public office
2. the state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices)